UPI reports: A congressional subcommittee was told 59 boxes of records about people buried in Arlington National Cemetery turned up in an unsecured Virginia storage locker. The boxes contained the names and social security numbers of the decedents but the risk of anyone’s personal identification being compromised is low, officials said in a Washington Post…
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Mass. man sentenced for using another's insurance
The Associated Press reports that medical identity theft carries a steep penalty: A Massachusetts man who committed health care fraud by using someone else’s Medicare health insurance to get care at Portsmouth Regional Hospital has been sentenced to four years in prison. […] Rabbia admitted he used another person’s identification information to obtain health care…
RxAmerica and Accendo Insurance notify 175,000 Medicare beneficiaries that mailing error exposed their medication name, date of birth, and member ID
RxAmerica and Accendo Insurance Company, providers of drug benefits to eligible beneficiaries under the Medicare Part D program, issued the following statement today regarding a recent patient information issue: “RxAmerica and Accendo Insurance Company have notified Medicare Part D beneficiaries enrolled in the company’s Prescription Drug Plans that some of their personal information may have…
NATO e-bookshop discloses “probable” data breach (Updated)
In an example of how to leave breach watchers scratching their heads, NATO issued the following statement on its site yesterday: 23 Jun. 2011 Probable data breach from a NATO-related website Police dealing with digital crimes have notified NATO of a probable data breach from a NATO-related website operated by an external company. NATO’s e-Bookshop…
Laptops containing personal information stolen from council building in Kirkby
John Siddle reports: Laptops believed to contain taxi drivers’ personal details were stolen from a Merseyside council building. Twenty-one computers, together worth thousands of pounds, are believed to have also contained the names, addresses, dates of birth and national insurance numbers of cab drivers. Details of environmental health inspections were also stored on the Knowsley…
Sony laid off employees before data breach: Lawsuit
Reuters reports: Sony Corp laid off employees in a unit responsible for network security two weeks before a massive data breach, according to a lawsuit filed this week. Sony also spent lavishly on security to protect its own corporate information, while failing to do the same for its customers’ data, the proposed class action lawsuit…